Reading time: 2 minutes, 58 seconds In 1827 a group of hotel owners came up with a scheme to bring more tourists to Niagara Falls. William Forsyth, the owner of the Pavilion Hotel, bought a condemned boat named The Michigan. General Parkhurst Whitney of the Eagle Hotel and John Brown of the Ontario hotel were […]
Month: May 2019
Central Park 5
Reading time: 7 minutes 33 seconds Trisha Meili was going for a run in New York’s Central Park on the night of April 19,1989. While jogging, she was knocked down, dragged and assaulted. She was also raped and almost beaten to death. At this same time in the park, a group of mostly minority youth […]
Chernobyl Miniseries: Cheat sheet
Reading time: 5 minutes 6 seconds I started watching the HBO miniseries Chernobyl this Monday and halfway through the first episode, I realized that I the History connoisseur didn’t really understand the whole story of what happened there. It got me to wondering if I don’t know, how many other people don’t know? The first […]
Teapot Dome Scandal
Reading time: 4 minutes, 11 seconds It was considered the greatest scandal in U.S. political history before the Watergate scandal, yet many people don’t know what the Teapot Dome scandal was. Worst yet some people think it has something to with Tea Kettles! Today we will break down the Teapot Dome Scandal. Warren G Harding […]
